Changing Face of Terrorism

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Al Qaida is regenerating, but on this week’s edition of The Hunt with WTOP NSC J.J. Green, José Alberto de Azeredo Lopes, national defense minister from Portugal says we must use the lessons we learned from D’aesh (ISIS) to fight AQ this time around.

“The American flags that decorated people’s front yards and the ribbons tied to automobile antennas had mostly disappeared. I encountered many people who appeared eager to put 9/11 in the rearview mirror,” said a former CIA officer.

The leak of sensitive information to U.S. media regarding the Manchester Arena attack prompted reports that the British had stopped sharing intelligence, but the U.S. intelligence community remains a valued partner.

Mohamad Jamal Khweis, 26, of Fairfax County, has been indicted by federal prosecutors on charges of conspiracy, committing the crime of aiding a terrorist organization and providing material support to a terrorist organization.

Sally Jones, the widow of a prominent ISIL leader, has re-emerged in Raqqa, Syria. This time, she’s not just taunting the U.S. intelligence community — she’s allegedly building an army of women fighters for ISIL.

Piecing together the origin of terror attacks is critical to intelligence and security teams trying to stop others who may be linked, but counterterrorism experts warn that constant media droning about ISIL is sustaining the terror group.

The early morning carnage in Orlando quickly altered the course of the day’s events for most Americans. In the wake of the attack, WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green talked with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh C. Johnson about security and the investigation.

While mostly young men were believed to be the principle respondents to ISIL’s online recruiting movement, FBI director James Comey told a Senate committee that more females “think it’s a great way to find a life.”

The Changing Face of Terrorism is an ongoing series of reports by WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green designed to examine the global battle against terrorism. It focuses on the tactics, targets and victims of terrorist groups, and counter-terrorism efforts to stop its spread.